The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been shifted to the UAE because of the ongoing military confrontation with India, leaving the event’s foreign players anxious.
PCB confirmed that the last eight fixtures, which were previously scheduled in Rawalpindi, Multan and Lahore, will now be played in the UAE. “The PCB confirms that the remaining fixtures of the HBL PSL X have been shifted to the UAE,” PCB said in a media release.
“The exact schedule of matches, outlining the dates and venues, will be shared in due course,” the statement read.
Earlier on Thursday, PCB rescheduled the match between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi in Rawalpindi after Indian military strikes in the country in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.
Reports in the British media stated that the English players competing in the league were considering leaving it due to security concerns.
The Indian armed forces launched precision missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied and Kashmir, including the strongholds of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Muridke. The strikes were in response to the attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were gunned down.
On Thursday, the Indian Premier League match between and at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala was called off due to security reasons. This was after the floodlights at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala started to get switched off. According to IANS, Arun Dhumal, Chairman said that the decision was taken as a precautionary measure, based on the red alert issued in .
There was also a change in venue for the IPL 2025 match between and , scheduled for May 11 in Dharamsala, was shifted to owing to the closure of the hill town’s airport in the wake of military action against terror infrastructure in Pakistan.
(With agency inputs)
